[OpenID] Press Release

[Dick Hardt]

Hans

The IPR policy does not cover the general email lists such as this  
one. It would cover workgroup lists created under the policy.

-- Dick

On 7-Feb-08, at 8:50 AM, Hans Granqvist wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Do the new IPR policy and process documents implicitly cover
> participating on the @openid.net mailing lists? That is, is anything
> discussed on the lists considered covered by the docs?
>
> Not to be difficult about it, but I've asked a few time over the last
> month and not seen an answer. Did I miss it? It would help a lot
> to know what can be said here, and with what IP expectations.
>
> Thanks,
> Hans
>
> PS. I spot "missing reference" in the doc, for example 3.1,  first
> paragraph.
>
>
>
> On 2/7/08, Dick Hardt <dick at sxip.com> wrote:
>> Peter
>>
>> I would imagine the intent of the phrase is to keep the core of
>> OpenID from becoming proprietary.
>>
>> I would encourage you to define new properties in your own namespace
>> for your sub-community. If there is a reason why they need to be
>> proprietary -- ie you want to control who can use them, I don't see
>> that as evil. I would expect that many of the new properties would be
>> of interest to all members in the sub-community.
>>
>> The OpenID Foundation does not determine the protocol. The protocol
>> is determined by the community. Extensions and enhancements are
>> determined by the community. Anyone of course can write their own
>> extensions, and they can be proprietary. They just won't be able to
>> be called part of OpenID if they are not approved according to the
>> OpenID Intellectual Property Process.
>>
>>         http://openid.net/ipr/OpenID_Process_Document_
>> (Final_Clean_20071221).pdf
>>
>> -- Dick
>>
>> On 7-Feb-08, at 7:52 AM, Peter Williams wrote:
>>
>>> What does this mean?
>>>
>>> "OpenID was always intended to be a decentralized sign-on system,
>>> so it's fantastic to join a foundation committed to keeping it free
>>> and unencumbered by proprietary extensions."
>>>
>>> If I want for my sub-community to define my own namespace in the AX
>>> protocol (as the technology allows), am I an evil "proprietary
>>> extension maker"?
>>>
>>> If I want to define my own tags for use the the extensible XRD, am
>>> I an evil...
>>>
>>> Can only the OpenID Foundation use all those extension points in
>>> the protocol?
>>>
>>> Unlike SSL (which allows for privately defined extensions), and
>>> unlike X.509 (which allows for privately defined extensions), in
>>> OpenID culture will there be can be allowance for privately defined
>>> extensions?
>>>
>>> I think we need an explicit mechanism for denoting which extensions
>>> are privately-defined (and which therefore have community blessing
>>> for their creation and use in the defined sub-community).
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> From: general-bounces at openid.net on behalf of Bill Washburn
>>> Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 7:26 AM
>>> To: OpenID List
>>> Subject: [OpenID] Press Release
>>>
>>>
>>> FYI...
>>>
>>> http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=818650
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> SOURCE: OpenID Foundation
>>>
>>>  <http://openid.net/foundation>
>>> Feb 07, 2008 09:00 ET
>>>
>>> Technology Leaders Join OpenID Foundation to Promote Open Identity
>>> Management on the Web
>>>
>>>
>>> OpenID Foundation to Support Internet User Single Sign-On Technology
>>>
>>>
>>> CORVALLIS, OR--(Marketwire - February 7, 2008) - The OpenID
>>> Foundation <http://openid.net/foundation>  today announced that
>>> Google (NASDAQ: GOOG <http://www.marketwire.com/mw/stock.jsp?
>>> Ticker=GOOG> ), IBM (NYSE: IBM <http://www.ibm.com/investor/> ),
>>> Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT <http://www.marketwire.com/mw/stock.jsp?
>>> Ticker=MSFT> ), VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN <http://www.marketwire.com/
>>> mw/stock.jsp?Ticker=VRSN> ) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO <http://
>>> www.marketwire.com/mw/stock.jsp?Ticker=YHOO> ) have joined as its
>>> first corporate board members.
>>>
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